Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-04-07
The Witch's Fate.
A Cruel Prejudice OF Old Times
More Than EQualed Now.

Not many decades ago in this c0un-
try, the people were excited over:witch-
craft. Persons suspected were thrown
into the water; il not witches, .. they
would drown; if they were witches,they
would swim ashore, and would be put
to death In any event, they were
doomed |! a
Not many years ago IT person were
taken sick with advanced disorder OF
the kidneys, the physician would pro-
nounce7 the disease Bright's disease,
and when so declared, he regarded his
responsibility at an end, for medical
authority admitted that the disease was
incurable.
When the physician found a patient
thus afflicted, he would say, "Oh.
slight attack of the kidneys; will be all
right in little WHILE" He knew to
the contrary. But il he could keep his
patient on his hands for few months,
he knew he would derive great reve-
nue. from his case. and then when the
disease had progressed to a certain
stage, he would state the facts and re-
tire, exonerated from all blame.
But the error of supposing the disease
incurable has swayed the public mind,
long after the fact has ceased to be.
But public opinion has been educated
TO the true status OF the case by those
who haye discounted the incurabiity
theory, and the public recognizes and
testiTies to the fact that Warmers safe
cure IS specific for this disease. This
has been shown with thousands of tes.
tlmonials.
Upon referring to them in our files
we find that $1,000 reward will be Civ
en- TO any one who can prove that SO far
as the manufacturers know they are
not genuine, and that hundreds of
thousands similar in character could be
published, if it were necessary.
This condition of things is very a.
musing to the journalist, who looks up
on all sides of every question. Proof
should be accepted by all, but prejudice
fights proof for many years. It seems
strange that when proprietary medi-
cine is doing the good that Warmers
safe cure is, that the physicians do not
publicly indorse it. Many of them, we
are told, privately prescribe it, as 1t is
sold by dealers in every part of the
country.
A few years ago, as stated, when a
man had Bright's disease, the doctor
boldly announced it, because he thought
it relieved him of responsibility.
To-day when prominent people are
dying land hundreds OF thousands or
common people die of the same diseasel
we are told that doctors disguise the
fact that it is Bright's disease of the
kidneys and say that they die OF par
alysis, of apoplexy, of pneumonia, OF
consumption, of general debility, or
rheumatism, of heart disease, OF blood
poisoning, or some other of the names
of the direct effects of kidney disease.
They are not the real disease itself.
We sometimes wonder liz they avoid
stating the real cause of disease for fear
they will drive the public into patron
age of the only scientific proprietary
specific for kidney disease and the
thousand and one disease that originate
In inactive kidneys. r
We do not believe every advertise
ment we read. Some people perhaps
may regard this article as an advertise
ment and will not believe it, but we
are candid enough to say that we be-
lieye the parties aboYe mentioned have
stated their case and proved it, and un-
der such circumstances the public is
unwise if it is longer influenced by ad-
verse prejudice. s o